Message-ID: <1486608.1075840768457.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:09:44 -0800 (PST) From: newsletter@rigzone.com To: vkamins@enron.com Subject: RIGZONE Industry News Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "newsletter@rigzone.com" @ENRON X-To: vkamins@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \vkamins\Deleted Items X-Origin: KAMINSKI-V X-FileName: vincent kaminski 1-30-02.pst =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09 =09Friday January 11, 2002=09[IMAGE] =09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE]=09=09 RIGZONE [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE]=09=09home | news | search | maps | data | jobs | = market | store =09[IMAGE]=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] In This Issue [IMAGE] [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] Current Oil and Gas Industry News T! op Stories for the Past= 7 Days Featured Events and Conferences What's in Store - Books & More = Featured Employment Opportunities Surplus Oilfield Equipment For Sale World= wide Offshore Rig Utilization Oil & Gas Prices [IMAGE] [IMAGE] I= ndustry Headlines [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Anderson Employees Destroy Enr= on Documents Andersen reports that individuals in the firm have disposed o= f a significant number of electronic and paper documents and correspondence= relating to the Enron account Delta Petroleum Files Lawsuit Against U.S. = Government Delta Petroleum and several other companies have filed a lawsui= t against the U.S. Government alleg! ing that the government has materially= breached their leases located offshore California. Norwegian Pilots Rejec= t Latest CHC Offer The Norwegian Airline Pilots Association has rejected t= he latest offer by CHC and have made a decision to begin limited work actio= n. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Exploration [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Abraxa= s Spuds Ladyfern Well Abraxas spuds first well of a planned six-well progr= am on its Ladyfern prospect in British Columbia, Cananda. Ecuador Calls Ni= nth International Bidding Round Petroecuador will have eight blocks availa= ble in its ninth bidding round. Four are located offshore and four are loc= ated in the Amazon Basin. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Production [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Petrobras Sets Production Record Petrobras set a mo= nthly production record in December, averaging 1.5 million barrels a day. = BP 4Q Production Increases BP reported that its total 2001 reported produc= tion is projected to increase by around 5.5% compared with 2000. [IMAGE]= [IMAGE] Company & Financial News [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] She= ll Marine Donates to GOM Conservation Project Shell and the National Fish = and Wildlife Foundation have awarded $1.2 million to six Gulf Coast wildlif= e conservation and research programs. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement A = National-Oilwell designed, 1992 built modular offshore drilling rig is avai= lable for sale direct from the manufacturer. This rig drilled only 5 wells= from the Draugen platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Click= on the link below for full details, photos and seller contact information:= http://www.rigzone.com/market/surplus_listing.asp?eq_id=3D397 = Last 7 Days Top Stories [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Halliburton Says= the Rumors Are Not True Halliburton says there is no basis for the rumors= that the company has filed for bankruptcy. BP Scales Back Alaskan Operati= ons BP has decided to downsize its staff in Anchorage and shelve its Liber= ty project at this time. PetroChina and Shell Sign Gas Pipeline Deal Petr= oChina and Shell have entered into a preliminary agreement for an $18 billi= on East/West China pipeline project. Nabors Changes Corporate Structure N= abors Industries Board of Directors has approved a plan to reorganize the c= ompany and change its place of incorporation from Delaware to Bermuda. Mar= athon Acquires Interests in Equatorial Guinea Marathon has completed its a= cquisition of CMS Energy's interests in Equatorial Guinea for $993 million.= Kvaerner Receives Final Approval for Rescue Plan Kvaerner has received a= pproval from the final group of lenders for the rescue plan that would merg= e Kvaerner and Aker Maritime. Prosafe Awarded FPSO Work Offshore Nigeria = Prosafe has been awarded an eight-year contract for an FPSO to work on the = Abo field offshore Nigeria by a consortium led by Agip. Houston Exploratio= n Completes Acquisition Houston Exploration finalizes South Texas property= acquisition from Conoco for $69 million. Torch Offshore Purchases Constru= ction Vessel Torch Offshore has purchased a 520-foot ves! sel which it in= tends to convert to a DP-2 offshore construction vessel and rename the Midn= ight Express. Newfield Makes Management Changes Newfield Exploration has = made management changes in Australia and Anadarko Basin office locations. = Unocal Increases Production Offshore Thailand Unocal Thailand has plans to= double the crude output in the Gulf of Thailand this year as part of a six= -year development plan. Kerr-McGee Announces 2002 Capital Budget Kerr-McG= ee to allocate $310 million of its 2002 exploration and production budget f= or the North Sea. 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